kay davault

Hi I'm Kay, a graphic novel author and artist! I mostly post art and answer questions about my books, Oddity Woods, Misfit Mansion and Star Knights. Sometimes I draw fan art.

I'm heavily inspired by mystery games, RPGs and cute/spooky stuff. 👻

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He tried but she kept eating stuff before it was done and now she's banned from the kitchen.

I think she is more of an outdoors-y sports person, but she likes comic books. It was hard for her to get the latest ones when she was stuck in the house, and Halloway was bad at remembering which ones she already had, so she has a bunch of random volumes. She decided to make up in her head what happened in between each one.

The second book continues right after the first! I wanted Marietta to have different clothing throughout the book, so I decided a long time ago to change up her outfit with each chapter. I draw a bit differently than I did when I drew the Labyrinth Inn chapter, so the characters may look a bit different, but they're the same age.

I like science-themed characters haha. I've had him since 2012... I drew him thousands of times until I felt the design was right. It was a lot harder to figure him out than Marietta. I think the eyes gave me a lot of trouble and they still do sometimes!!!

1) Does Wyatt ever wonder about his family outside of the woods?

2) Just to be clear, Wyatt has been missing longer than Owen and Velia right? It seems like Owen remembered more than him.

3) Even after The Conducter takes your soul, you can still be found wandering the woods as a monster right? I think that it would really freak Marietta out if she saw Owen as a monster.

4) What was Mary' s last name before she was adopted?

5) Are there any reasons as to why Wyatt hates ghosts so much even though he loves every other paranormal creature?

6) Did Whistle die violently? He's a poltergeist so I thought maybe... poor little guy.

Sorry about all the questions again! Oddity Woods is so amazing and i'm really looking foreward to whatever you have planned for book 2!!!!! :)

Thanks!!! I definitely can't answer stuff that will be answered later (I've gotten quite a few questions like this, so if I don't answer them, it's safe to assume they'll be answered in the books!), but I'll try my best.

Probably, among other things. Like, is there a family even out there??

Hmm I'd say for this one, there may be another reason Wyatt's memory loss is worse. I think the woods definitely have an effect on living people, especially if they've made a contract, which is why Owen was forgetting stuff. But if that means Wyatt has been there longer or not... we'll see.

Haha yeah. That would be bad.

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It's probably safe to assume (from the flashback near the end of the inn chapter) that he might have had a bad encounter with a ghost once!

Most poltergeists do die from a violent or sudden death, and the memories of their pasts and refusal to accept death is what gives them powers. Perhaps Whistle died "violently" or perhaps he just has his memories from before. Dogs can't be vengeful so he is a little different.

Was working on book 2 and got to a heavy part, so I took a break to draw something cute... and a random lawrence + milly!

Dahlia can make herself however tall she wants, so anytime she changes her appearance it's because she sewed on longer legs or different hair!

Rereading MM, I was surprised at how baby Larkspur looked... I wanted him to look like a teenager in MM2, so I tried hard to make him look older. It's funny because when I first pitched MM, the publisher asked me to make the characters look a little older... and for Larkspur to look a little less cute. This was the first design I made of him vs the final. He still looks cute oops.

Fun fact, I actually pitched these as a younger kid's comic series a few years ago! It followed a sheltered jellyfish prince and his best sea slug friend/adventurer. Unfortunately it wasn't picked up, but I do still like the designs. Their names were Jellius and Marigold. Marigold also had a second design that looked a little more similar to a sea slug.

I remember reading OW when it was a webcomic and somehow missed that it finally came out! It was one of my favorite webcomics and I really missed it when you had to take it down.

Aw thank you! 💕 Buying a new copy from wherever books are sold helps the book no matter which store it is! If you're able to support an indie bookstore, I recommend trying there first.

Also to those who have the book and also want to help it out, please be sure to leave a review online! Reviews on places like Goodreads/Amazon/Barnes&Noble help a LOT and only take a few seconds to write!

Some more concept art from around 2017! Featuring werewolves, Velia burning up instead of shattering, and Capella looking more human. I like her more as a little cat looking freak. Also a bonus Marietta wearing Wyatt's oufit.

With the upcoming release of Misfit Mansion's sequel this August, I thought about potentially doing a few little Q&A comics for the MM-verse, similar to the Oddity Woods ones I did back in the day. I think it'd be fun to post some leading up to the release!

If people are interested, please feel free to comment here/send me an ask with questions directed at the MM characters! I'd like to do a variety, so send as many as you want to whichever character. 👍

Hi I’m obsessed and 100% drawing stuff based on these (forgive the bad phone screenshots, Nintendo sucks!!!)

Thank you so much! I've been told the second book is currently scheduled for next summer, which means I'll have to finish it by September. Still only halfway done so I'm speedrunning doing my best!! 🫡

Can't say too much yet but here's a tiny panel.

Anyway! Have a good day/night! ;D

That's cool!!! Here's the first character design art I made when I was working on SK! I wanted her to have multiple arms (because spider) but thought it would look a little too crowded, so I gave her magic light arms instead. I think I also must have added the second eyes later since they're missing here.

Also since it's been like 5 years since I last drew her, here's some new art.